William Richard Wallace (August 1881 – 17 July 1989) was an Australian convicted murderer who spent most of his life in the J Ward facility for the criminally insane in Ararat, Victoria.
It was alleged that Wallace had been angry at the man for refusing to stop smoking inside the café, and waiting outside for him to leave before fatally shooting him.
Two separate doctors declared him to be insane and unfit to stand trial; he was subsequently sentenced to J Ward at the governor's pleasure.
He was apparently happy living in J Ward, always wearing a suit which was bought annually from a tailor in Ararat, and spending his time playing chess and smoking.
"[4] Around this time, he was moved to the geriatric ward of Aradale Mental Hospital, where he spent the last years of his life, before dying on 17 July 1989 only a few weeks short of his 108th birthday, and buried at Ararat Cemetery.